Papers

📑 TYPES OF CONTRIBUTION

You can choose a type of contribution and a track for your proposal or work. 

ABTRACT

Abstracts do not require specific templates. They will be simple texts of maximum 400 words, submitted in OpenReview platform. You can describe here what you are planning to submit (topic, context, relevance, innovative aspects).

PAPERS:

• Full (10-pages incl. bibliography) for high standing scientific results and longer oral communication at the conference;
• Short (4-pages incl. bibliography) for ongoing research and shorter oral communication at the conference;
• Poster (2-pages incl. bibliography) for ongoing or recently completed work.

WORKSHOP, PANEL, TUTORIAL:

• Workshop** (2-pages  incl. bibliography)  forum for researchers and practitioners to discuss and exchange positions on current and emergent topics;

• Panel***  (2-pages  incl. bibliography) high level discussion session with experts on key challenges.
• Tutorial****  (2-pages  incl. bibliography) presentation of technological solutions and methods for students and professionals

***PANEL: a structured discussion, guided by a panel moderator (chair), who steers the conversation in certain directions with targeted questions based on a script agreed upon with the participants, in advance but without detailed pre-prepared responses. The panel proposal is submitted as a 2-page manuscript, published in EG DL. This paper should outline the scope of the panel discussion, include the names of the participants, and describe the type of contribution each of them will bring to the discussion based on their background. It follows the same submission process as a regular paper, adopting the same template as a standard 2-page article. It should contain: 

• The title and theme of the panel
• The names and affiliations of the speakers 
• A brief introduction explaining the relevance of the topic
• A summary of the key discussion points and the different perspectives expected from the participants.
• The authors listed as follow: the moderator as the first author, followed by all participants in alphabetical order (ensuring they receive proper visibility in the proceedings as co-authors

📐 TEMPLATES

You can find here our templates.

Main Conference Guidelines:

• PDF Format
• Doc Format
• LaTeX Format Zip

While, for ACM Web3D you can find HERE the Official Guidelines for the submission.

 

📤 SUBMISSION

All contributions must be original, anonymized, and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Authors are requested to submit their work by means of the conference submission platform. Submissions will be rejected without review if it is found that: 1. The submission violates the EG Policy and Procedures on Plagiarism. 2. Electronic files have been created using AI. 3. The paper contains material for which the submitters have not secured the necessary copyrights.

DH25 Instructions for submission:

1. Create an OpenReview Account: Go to OpenReview and create an account. The requested biography is quite detailed, and while not all fields are mandatory, providing more information helps organizers match your profile with the most suitable reviewers.

2. Access the Submission Page: Visit the Digital Heritage 2025 – 4th International Congress & Expo (co-located with ACM Web3D) submission page

3. Submit Your Work

• Click the blue-green button labeled “Digital Heritage 2025 Congress and Expo Submission.”
• Fill out the submission form. Most fields are straightforward, but note the following:

a. Abstract-Only Submission

• If you are submitting only an abstract, do not upload a PDF.
• Instead, copy and paste the abstract text into the “Abstract” field as plain text.
• You can add the full paper later—before the submission deadline (April 15, 2025)—by attaching a PDF to the same record.

b. Author Information

• Enter the names of your co-authors and click Search.
• If they do not have an OpenReview account, you will need to manually enter their details.

c. Select a Track

Choose the track that best aligns with your submission. This determines the review team and evaluation process. The available tracks are:

Main Tracks

1. Documentation, Preservation, Monitoring, and Restoration
2. Policy, Standards, Ethics, and Education
3. Infrastructures, Dataspace, and International Projects
4. Acquisition and Digitization
5. Analysis and Interpretation
6. Visualization and Interaction

Specialized Tracks

7. ACM Web3D
8. Digital Technologies for Colour Analysis, Reconstruction, and Visualization (PERCEIVE)
9. Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECHOES)
10. H2IOSC Project Development and Results
11. Heritage Under Fire (FROM SPACE TO PLACE)
12. Digital Technologies for CHANGES (CHANGES)
13. Phygital Worlds and eXtended Reality in Cultural Heritage (XRsalento)
14. Play, Learn, Explore (Serious Games Society GALA)
15. CAA Special Session

• Tracks 1-6 are the main tracks of the Digital Heritage International Congress.
• Track 7 is dedicated to Web3D.
• Tracks 8-15 cover special sessions for federated conferences (e.g., CAA) or specific European projects.

d. Additional Fields

i. Topic

A controlled vocabulary of terms that conference organizers will use to:

• Find appropriate reviewers
• Aggregate papers into subtracks

ii. Submission Format

Select the type of contribution you are submitting:

• Poster
• Short Paper
• Full Paper
• Exhibit Proposal
• Tutorial Proposal
• Workshop / Panel / Round Table Proposal
• Web3D Industrial Use Cases
• Web3D Competition

🏆 AWARDS

DH25 will honour best works by different awards:

• Best paper award: best papers will receive an award and invitation to submit to high impact scientific journals for high standing publication.
• Best exhibition award: Best applications and installations will be selected in different categories including interactive and non-interactive applications, digital art installation and emerging technologies demo.